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 2010-01-08 9:19 PM |
Pro  4827     McKinney, TX |  Subject: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tvI've been researching "the elimination of cable/dish" but still watch shows in a manner similar to now. What it would entail so far: 1. antenna to watch local channels - several of which are HD 2. Entertainment PC next to the TV to act as a DVR. That's the basic requirements. We have a Wii and a Blu-Ray player already. I found software today to stream internet videos (Hulu, CBS, NBC, ESPN, etc) thru the Wii. Tested it out this evening and it works pretty well. No skips, hang ups, etc. Somewhat pixellated. But it works. I was geeking out over it. |
| 2010-01-08 9:33 PM in reply to: #2604324 |
Champion 6046  New York, NY | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv geek  I geeked out over creating a filter to get rid of all email from the lying SOB who is the subject of the other thread. All previous and future email go straight to trash |
| 2010-01-08 11:00 PM in reply to: #2604324 |
Master 1890 Cypress, CA | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv KenD - 2010-01-08 7:19 PM I've been researching "the elimination of cable/dish" but still watch shows in a manner similar to now. What it would entail so far: 1. antenna to watch local channels - several of which are HD 2. Entertainment PC next to the TV to act as a DVR. That's the basic requirements. We have a Wii and a Blu-Ray player already. I found software today to stream internet videos (Hulu, CBS, NBC, ESPN, etc) thru the Wii. Tested it out this evening and it works pretty well. No skips, hang ups, etc. Somewhat pixellated. But it works. I was geeking out over it. I must have this. What software? Oh, and does it work with Netflix online movies? |
| 2010-01-09 7:41 AM in reply to: #2604404 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv tjh - 2010-01-08 11:00 PM KenD - 2010-01-08 7:19 PM I've been researching "the elimination of cable/dish" but still watch shows in a manner similar to now. What it would entail so far: 1. antenna to watch local channels - several of which are HD 2. Entertainment PC next to the TV to act as a DVR. That's the basic requirements. We have a Wii and a Blu-Ray player already. I found software today to stream internet videos (Hulu, CBS, NBC, ESPN, etc) thru the Wii. Tested it out this evening and it works pretty well. No skips, hang ups, etc. Somewhat pixellated. But it works. I was geeking out over it. I must have this. What software? Oh, and does it work with Netflix online movies? www.Playon.tv They've got a 14 day free trial. And yes, it works with Netflix online. You download and install the software onto your networked pc. On the Wii, go to the internet (had to download the internet app for the Wii) to www.playon.tv. It will show you the pc you have the software running on, click it and BAMM! We watched Chuck season 1 episode 1 last night. The kiddos thought it was cool too. |
| 2010-01-09 7:43 AM in reply to: #2604340 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv TriToy - 2010-01-08 9:33 PM geek I geeked out over creating a filter to get rid of all email. Dr Email-Filtering Geek!  |
| 2010-01-09 8:49 AM in reply to: #2604324 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv Why do you require the Wii if you already have the PC and hook that up directly to the TV? |
| 2010-01-09 8:53 AM in reply to: #2604631 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv 1stTimeTri - 2010-01-09 8:49 AM Why do you require the Wii if you already have the PC and hook that up directly to the TV? I have the "home PC" sitting on a desk in another room. NOT an entertainment PC next to the TV. |
| 2010-01-09 9:02 AM in reply to: #2604324 |
Expert 1461 Sarnia, Ontario | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv I bought the wii for the kids, but wanted the ps3 because I heard you could watch media off of your computer through your wireless network... can you do this with the wii some how? |
| 2010-01-09 9:03 AM in reply to: #2604638 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv KenD - 2010-01-09 8:53 AM 1stTimeTri - 2010-01-09 8:49 AM Why do you require the Wii if you already have the PC and hook that up directly to the TV? I have the "home PC" sitting on a desk in another room. NOT an entertainment PC next to the TV. I'm drawing the logics in my head. Home PC has the router, then you network the Entertainment PC (wireless ?), then Wii through the Entertainment PC? Just found this - ^^^ Is that what you have similarly setup? Edited by 1stTimeTri 2010-01-09 9:07 AM |
| 2010-01-09 9:13 AM in reply to: #2604324 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv |
| 2010-01-09 9:22 AM in reply to: #2604324 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv Cool. Thanks. Knowing my kids, though, they'll be thrilled for a couple of minutes and then start whining *in whiny tone* "Daaaaa aaaaaaad, can we play the Wii nowwwwwwwww?". |
| 2010-01-09 10:59 AM in reply to: #2604324 |
Champion 11641 Fairport, NY | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv I gave PlayOn a try a couple months back and was very impressed. Unfortunately, everything in the house with an IP address outside of the office (where the router is) uses wireless which I found to be too slow for PlayOn. |
| 2010-01-09 11:15 AM in reply to: #2604800 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv Powerline's pretty good. I use it for my DVR and my daughter's PC. Wireless was real flaky for the bandwidth; powerline works much better. I've found Netgear adapters for ~$30 on eBay which is a bit more than a wireless card, but not ridiculously more. Now if I could somehow use my DirecTV DVR on the network, I'd be MUCH happier. Can see the device on my network, but can't access it or see listings of what's stored on it.  |
| 2010-01-09 11:48 AM in reply to: #2604324 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv I'm currently using wireless. If I decide to actually do this, I'll probably be running Cat5 into the family room. |
| 2010-01-09 12:15 PM in reply to: #2604324 |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv If you've been following much of the current debate on network television, there is a possibility that it will not be free soon, especially with Fox now asking for a fee to broadcast their services. If the other networks start this (which they probably will) then it has been speculated that they will no longer send programming to places like Hulu for free. |
| 2010-01-09 12:20 PM in reply to: #2604800 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv marmadaddy - 2010-01-09 10:59 AM I gave PlayOn a try a couple months back and was very impressed. Unfortunately, everything in the house with an IP address outside of the office (where the router is) uses wireless which I found to be too slow for PlayOn. Cat 6 would be nice for faster throughput, but is a LOT more expensive and better suited for corporates instead of home networks, plus, your bottleneck is throttled by your ISP anyways. |
| 2010-01-09 10:48 PM in reply to: #2604547 |
Champion 4835 Eat Cheese or Die | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv KenD - 2010-01-09 7:41 AM tjh - 2010-01-08 11:00 PM KenD - 2010-01-08 7:19 PM I've been researching "the elimination of cable/dish" but still watch shows in a manner similar to now. What it would entail so far: 1. antenna to watch local channels - several of which are HD 2. Entertainment PC next to the TV to act as a DVR. That's the basic requirements. We have a Wii and a Blu-Ray player already. I found software today to stream internet videos (Hulu, CBS, NBC, ESPN, etc) thru the Wii. Tested it out this evening and it works pretty well. No skips, hang ups, etc. Somewhat pixellated. But it works. I was geeking out over it. I must have this. What software? Oh, and does it work with Netflix online movies? www.Playon.tv They've got a 14 day free trial. And yes, it works with Netflix online. You download and install the software onto your networked pc. On the Wii, go to the internet (had to download the internet app for the Wii) to www.playon.tv. It will show you the pc you have the software running on, click it and BAMM! We watched Chuck season 1 episode 1 last night. The kiddos thought it was cool too. I'm still confused as to why you can't just access Hulu/ect. from the entertainment PC that's next to the TV? |
| 2010-01-09 11:05 PM in reply to: #2605577 |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv graceful_dave - 2010-01-09 9:48 PM KenD - 2010-01-09 7:41 AM I'm still confused as to why you can't just access Hulu/ect. from the entertainment PC that's next to the TV? tjh - 2010-01-08 11:00 PM KenD - 2010-01-08 7:19 PM I've been researching "the elimination of cable/dish" but still watch shows in a manner similar to now. What it would entail so far: 1. antenna to watch local channels - several of which are HD 2. Entertainment PC next to the TV to act as a DVR. That's the basic requirements. We have a Wii and a Blu-Ray player already. I found software today to stream internet videos (Hulu, CBS, NBC, ESPN, etc) thru the Wii. Tested it out this evening and it works pretty well. No skips, hang ups, etc. Somewhat pixellated. But it works. I was geeking out over it. I must have this. What software? Oh, and does it work with Netflix online movies? www.Playon.tv They've got a 14 day free trial. And yes, it works with Netflix online. You download and install the software onto your networked pc. On the Wii, go to the internet (had to download the internet app for the Wii) to www.playon.tv. It will show you the pc you have the software running on, click it and BAMM! We watched Chuck season 1 episode 1 last night. The kiddos thought it was cool too. If you have an S-Video connection on your TV and Computer, you could. Probably other ways to do it also. |
| 2010-01-10 6:35 AM in reply to: #2605577 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv graceful_dave - 2010-01-09 10:48 PM KenD - 2010-01-09 7:41 AM I'm still confused as to why you can't just access Hulu/ect. from the entertainment PC that's next to the TV? tjh - 2010-01-08 11:00 PM KenD - 2010-01-08 7:19 PM I've been researching "the elimination of cable/dish" but still watch shows in a manner similar to now. What it would entail so far: 1. antenna to watch local channels - several of which are HD 2. Entertainment PC next to the TV to act as a DVR. That's the basic requirements. We have a Wii and a Blu-Ray player already. I found software today to stream internet videos (Hulu, CBS, NBC, ESPN, etc) thru the Wii. Tested it out this evening and it works pretty well. No skips, hang ups, etc. Somewhat pixellated. But it works. I was geeking out over it. I must have this. What software? Oh, and does it work with Netflix online movies? www.Playon.tv They've got a 14 day free trial. And yes, it works with Netflix online. You download and install the software onto your networked pc. On the Wii, go to the internet (had to download the internet app for the Wii) to www.playon.tv. It will show you the pc you have the software running on, click it and BAMM! We watched Chuck season 1 episode 1 last night. The kiddos thought it was cool too. We don't have an entertainment PC at this time. It is one of my requirements. |
| 2010-01-14 10:01 AM in reply to: #2604324 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv Netflix and Nintendo have reached an agreement to allow streaming Netflix via the Wii in the spring. This is good. Link |
| 2010-01-14 10:06 AM in reply to: #2613691 |
Champion 4835 Eat Cheese or Die | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv KenD - 2010-01-14 10:01 AM Netflix and Nintendo have reached an agreement to allow streaming Netflix via the Wii in the spring. This is good. Link That's cool. |
| 2010-01-14 10:41 AM in reply to: #2613691 |
Champion 11641 Fairport, NY | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv KenD - 2010-01-14 11:01 AM Netflix and Nintendo have reached an agreement to allow streaming Netflix via the Wii in the spring. This is good. Link My powerline networking stuff arrived the same day. I have a NetFlix account so now I'm not so sure I want to spend $40 for PlayOn. Might just wait until the Netflix/Wii streaming becomes available. What about the other content PlayOn gets you? Is it worth dropping the one time $40 for? |
| 2010-01-14 10:58 AM in reply to: #2613814 |
Pro 4827 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv marmadaddy - 2010-01-14 10:41 AM KenD - 2010-01-14 11:01 AM Netflix and Nintendo have reached an agreement to allow streaming Netflix via the Wii in the spring. This is good. Link My powerline networking stuff arrived the same day. I have a NetFlix account so now I'm not so sure I want to spend $40 for PlayOn. Might just wait until the Netflix/Wii streaming becomes available. What about the other content PlayOn gets you? Is it worth dropping the one time $40 for? That I'm not sure about. I like Hulu but there's all kinds of speculation that they will start charging this year. With Netflix streaming, a Blu-Ray player and a local antenna we can get a large number of channels/programs. How about Discovery Channel & the History Channel? Those I'm not sure how to get without cable/satellite. |
| 2010-01-14 11:07 AM in reply to: #2604324 |
Extreme Veteran 3177 | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv Waiting patiently for the Netflix/Wii this spring, already ordered their program disc for it. It will be interesting to see what happens with the Hulu/network online airings for free this year. I had thought that Hulu could already pay/make some money for some of this stuff (hence selling add space for the middle of the shows.) so I am not sure if they really will charge for it. I hope they don't anyway as my wife and I would pretty much stop watching anything but netflix then. Oh well more time to SBR or Wii |
| 2010-01-15 8:48 AM in reply to: #2604884 |
| Expert 763 Behind you | Subject: RE: Watched internet tv thru my Wii on the tv 1stTimeTri - 2010-01-09 1:20 PM marmadaddy - 2010-01-09 10:59 AM I gave PlayOn a try a couple months back and was very impressed. Unfortunately, everything in the house with an IP address outside of the office (where the router is) uses wireless which I found to be too slow for PlayOn. Cat 6 would be nice for faster throughput, but is a LOT more expensive and better suited for corporates instead of home networks, plus, your bottleneck is throttled by your ISP anyways. No need to run cable OR no need to buy one of those expensive wireless adapters for your system. Here is what you do..... if you have a laptop that has wireless already as well as a ethernet connection.... go to these two connections, choose both of them (CTRL), right click, then Bridge connections. Plug a regular ethernet cabel from your laptop's ethernet to your xbox, wii, ps3 etc and instant connection. I did this to my xbox and it works like a charm. Saved $100 bucks by not buying the wireless adapter. |
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